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Attachment D <br />Attachment B <br />The purpose of this section is to protect and promote this important resource by: <br />71 <br />1. <br />Ensuring trees are protected when they are most vulnerable: during times of <br />72 <br />development; <br />73 <br />2. <br />Establishing reasonable requirements for replacement of significant trees lost due to <br />74 <br />development; <br />75 <br />3. <br />Incentivizing the protection and planting of trees at all times for the benefits they <br />76 <br />provide; <br />77 <br />4. <br />Instituting plan requirements to ensure tree losses can be identified prior to <br />78 <br />development, and that adequate replacement plantings will occur following land <br />79 <br />disturbances; <br />80 <br />5. <br />Providing for fair, effective, and consistent enforcement of the regulations <br />81 <br />contained herein. <br />82 <br />B.Applicability <br />83 <br />1. <br />The regulations in this section shall apply to any individual, business or entity that <br />84 <br />applies for one of the below permits or approvals. <br />85 <br />a.An application for platting, re-platting, or any lot division application that does <br />86 <br />not qualify as a minor lot subdivision; or <br />87 <br />b.A building permit application to construct a new principal structure or seeking <br />88 <br />to expand the footprint of an existing principal structure by more than 50%; or <br />89 <br />c.A demolition permit seeking to remove more than 50% of a principal structure <br />90 <br />in anticipation of immediate or future redevelopment; or <br />91 <br />d.A grading permit seeking to add, remove, or relocate more than 5000 square <br />92 <br />feet of dirt, or disturb more than 5000 square feet of ground cover. <br />93 <br />2. <br />If the Community Development Department determines that pre-application tree <br />94 <br />removal occurred in order to circumvent the regulations in this section, the <br />95 <br />Department may require equivalent tree replacement as if a tree preservation plan <br />96 <br />had been submitted prior to removal. Pre-application tree removal shall be <br />97 <br />considered removed within two years of application. Any costs to estimate the <br />98 <br />removal may be charged to the applicant. Said determinations may be appealed to <br />99 <br />the Board of Adjustment and Appeals under Section 1009.08 of this Title. <br />100 <br />3. <br />Activities subject to the provisions of Chapter 1017, Shoreland, Wetland, and <br />101 <br />Storm Water Management, may require tree preservation beyond that which is <br />102 <br />required by this section. In all such instances, the more restrictive preservation <br />103 <br />standard shall apply. <br />104 <br />105 <br />106 <br />107 <br />313 <br />Page of <br /> <br />